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DRAFT APPLIANCE FOR RAILWAY UARS.

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spective view of car and the draftdiQgi'rigs WILLIAM J. MACK, OF BUFFALO, NEVLYORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CARRIE D.

. DILLEMUTH, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

DRAFT APPLIANCE FdR RAILWAY-CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 2(), 1911. Application filed September 16, 1907.

Serial No. 393,213.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM J. MACK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State Of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Draft Appliances for Railway-Cars, of which the-following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in draft appliances for railway-cars.

The primaryobject of my invention is the construct on of an appliance in which any one of 'the various parts may be removed without removing associated parts, and in which the various members are assembled and connected without the use of rivets which are always subjected to strain and likely to shear and in consequence of which the various members of a draft-appliance become loosened and often twisted and displaced under strain, resulting at times in serious accidents.

Another object of my invention is to so construct the appliance that all parts or members are easily accessible and removable from the bottom, so that the loosening of tlieentire appliance from the body of the car is unnecessary.

Other objects are to provide a series of lnili'er-springs so arranged that the end thrusts or shocks to which they are ordinarily subjected will be insuiiicient to set the entire series in action, but upon subjecting the entire series will act to resist the same; to improve and simplify the manner of securing the draw-bar; to tie the sills of the appliances together without the use of rivets with a view of preventing spreading of the Same; and to otherwise improve on draft appliances as will be disclosed in the description of the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings whic form part of this specification.

My invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts and in the construction thereof, as will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a pera draft-appliance embodying my. invention; the same being shown in continuous. form inwhich the. sills extend from end to end of the duplicated and one applied to each end. elevation of approximately appliance. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. +1 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal section taken on line 5 -5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on line (5-6, Fig. 2. Fig.' I is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 7-4, Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line S8, Fig. 3. Fig. 9 is an enlarged transverse section on line 9--9, Fig. 3. Fig. 10. is a detached perspective view of the draw-bar pocket. F 11 is a detached perspective view of the draw-bar centering-device. Fig. 12 is a dc tached perspective view of the draw-bar pocket supporting-plate. ig. 13 is a detached perspective view of the spring-divider for the rear series of springs. Fig. 14: is a longitudinal section taken on line 14-14:, Fig. (3. Fig. 15 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 15-15,-Fig. 3. Fig. 16 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 16,-1(3, Fig. 6. Fig. 17 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 1717, Fig. 3. Fig'. 18 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 18-18, Fig. 3. Fig. 19 is an enlarged section taken on line 19 19, Fig. 3. Fig. 20 is an inverted perspective View of the draw-bar pocket. Fig. 21 is a longitudinal section through the combined follower abutments and sillbinders. Fig. 22 is a perspective view of the drawbar and spring-housing. Fig. 23 is a per= spective view of one of the combined follower-abutments and sill-binders. Fig. 24 is a perspective v'ew of the intermediate follower-abutment and sill-binder. Fig. 25 is a perspective view of the plunger. Fig. 26 is a perspective view of the rearmost follower which acts in conjunction with the plunger. Fig. 27 is a perspective view of one of the single spring-followers. Fig. 28 is a perspective view of one of the double springfollowers.

Referring 'now to the drawings in detail, corresponding letters of reference refer to corresponding parts in the several figures.

The reference letter A designates the longitudinal sills of the car, formed preferably of rolled iron or steel having upper and lower marginal flanges a; and in addition thereto, each sill has two intermediate flanges a which greatly strengthen the sills and. counteract the tendency of their buc- Fig. 2 is a side one-half of the for the bolsters which lie transversely thereof and in contact with said ends.

Further description will relate to the various associated parts at one end of the appliance, the description of one sufficing for both, as they are exact duplicates.

D represents a draw-bar and spring housing preferablycast in one integral piece and comprising side members a, a rear trans verse wall (P, a solid portion (Z a transverse wall d between said rear wall and said solid portion and connected with both by a longitudinal partition d forming two spring pockets (Z and a front cross-bar The front of the housing is open, and the side walls of this portion gradually thickened rearwardly to form asubstantially V-sha-ped pocket (Z having a parti-cylindrical recess (Z at its rear end. Overhanging the rear end of said V-shaped pocket is a wallE having a pivot-hole 6 whose axis is coincident with the axis of the recess (Z Vall E also has a segmental slot 0 having the axis of the pivot-hole e as its center. The bottom of said V-sliai'ied pocket is closed by a removable supporting-plate F having a pivot-hole f coinciding with the pivothole e in wall E, and a segmental slot 7' in advance of said pivot-hole having its center coincident with the axis of said hole. On the inner face of said plate is a depression f and on opposite sides of said depression, openings f are formed through which extend lugs d depending from the bottom of the housing D. Keys 7 are passed through said depending lugs and are held against displacement by ,pins f passing through said lugs and keys, as best shown in Figs. 14 and 16. At the rear end of said supportingplate, upstanding lugs f are provided which enter recesses (Z in the underside of the housing. 'A depending transverse housing f is provided at the front end of the plate, the interlor being cylindrical to receive two coil springs G. The endsof said housing, which for convenience of description I will term a spring-housing extend beyond the sides of the main portion of the supportingplate and have upstanding lugs 7 which enter downwardly-opening pockets (Z in enlargements (Z at the front ends of the side walls of the housing D. Said enlargements and the entered lugs f are pierced with coinciding. apertures 03 and 7", respectively. Surrounding the ends of the spring-housing and the enlargements d at the front end of housing D are retainer-bands H which have apertures ]lthat register with the apertures dt and f; a key M being passed through each set of registering apertures, as-clearly shown in Fig. 19. Said retainer-bands are held in place at their upper ends by their being confined within grooves d which are formed on the upper faces of the enlargements (Z and they are also provided with apertures 71 which register with apertures f in the ends of the spring-housing. Passed through said registering apertures k and f are keys 71 which in addition to locking the band H in place, also serve as abutments for the springs G. The front cross-bar (Z is provided with a horn (Z which is designed to strike the end sill of the car and limit the inward movement of the housing D.

The walls of the'V-shaped pocket in the housing D are provided with T-shaped notches each comprising a verticalportion al and a horizontal portion (Z Bolts I are held in said notches, the heads thereof being confined in the horizontal portions (Z and the shanks passed through the vertical portions (Z and through apertures f in the support-ingplate F, best shown in Fig. 15; nuts 2' being applied to the outer threaded ends.

From the foregoing it is clearly apparent that by means of the lugs d and their cooperating keys, the bands H and the bolts I, the plate F is securely held in place,

the three forms of fast-enings against dislodgment under all conditions of usage, and in corqunction with the lugs and f breaking or straining of the plate under the crushing and drawing action of coupled cars is impossible.

Within the V-shaped pocketof the housing D, the draw-bar pocket J is removably held; said pocket having a reduced inner end portion J terminating in an enlarged substantiallycylindrical portion J which fits into the parti-cylindrical recess (Z in. the housing and has pivot-trunnions j which insuring enter the pivot-holes c and f in the overhanging wall. E of said housing and the sup-' porting-plate F, respectively. The rear end of the drawbar pocket has an extended power portion 7' which enters the depression f in plate F, the shoulderj formed by said extended portion being in contact with the front curved wall 7* of said depression, thus relieving the pivot-trunnions j of considerable strain. Lugs j are formed on the upper and lower sides of the draw-bar pocket which extend through the segmental slots 6 and f serving under severe strain to relieve the trunnions. Lugs j and the shoulder j on said pocket positii'ely prevent shearing of the pivot-trunnions, and are so arranged that the pocket can be easily removed from the housing D; it being simply necessary to remove the supporting-plate .F.

front end of said draw-bar pocket comprises a bottom wall 9' recessed T he open at its lnner end, as at f, and sidewalls j; said walls formingthepocket proper, and

. 'sions in, k at the top and bottom, respectiv'ely, formin tensionlc at t is the recess 7'; in the bottom wall of the pocket,

shoulders is, k; ,The exbottom of the shank enters the "shoulders lo bearing against the front wallof said recess... The shank of the drawway dental dislodgment tu'res ofcorresponding ends coinciding;- and through coinciding apertures, pins yo re-member Z which arm Z? of the bar is pierced transversely to form a keysee Figs. 6 and 17, and the side walls of the draw-bar pocket have open'in s j which register with said key-way; t e shank and pocket being secured together by a key In passing through said openings and A6 is key-way, the ends of said key projecting at' Formed in the side-walls of coinciding openings j which of the enlarged rear-end of in a plane directly above the of said shank. Passing through these 0 enings and bearin against the to of the s ank and the shouFder k is a key y" which'has its ends rotruding from the walls of said pocket. 0 prevent acciof the keys is". and 7' opposite ends of both are provided with apertures is", best shown in Fig. 17 the aperopposite sides. said pocket are are in advance said shank and main portion 3 are placed.

The spring-housing f at the front end of the supporting-p late F er wall through in -bracket L. This bracket comprises a rides on the top of said housing and receives the shank of the drawbar, and an arm Z depending from said eke-member and passing through slot f into said housing; pins 1 extend from opposite sides of arm Z and enter the inner ends of the spring G, the arm Z within said housing. Said springs bear at their inner ends against the centering-bracket and at their outer ends against the keys h, previously referred to. -By; this arrangement, the draw-. bar is normally. held in a central position. With a view of reducing the friction of the draw-bar when moving over the bracket, 1 provide a roller Z which is revoluble in the yoke-member ofsaid' bracket. To prevent spreading of the sills, which should always be retained in proper position to provide for properly guiding the housing D in its move- ,has a'slot f in its ments I employ a transverse retainer-bar M at the front ends of the sills; said bar havextenv draw-bar and spring-housing which extends a center-- which latter serve to center .ifree of the clips,

ing opposite ends bent upward and inward to provide hooks m which hook over the lowerfouter marginal. flanges of the sills. Said bar in addition to preventing spreading of the sills incidentally serves as a support for the bearing-plate F. In order that this bar may be quickly and conveniently applied or removed without disturbing other parts of the appliance, the flange of one sill is notched, as at m, to permit one of the hooked ends of the bar to be engaged with or disengaged from the sill. As shown in Fig. 4. the bar and cooperating flanges are provided with coinciding apertures through which pins m are passed which serve to lock the retainer-bar against movement lengthwise of the sills. 1

Within each of the pockets d of the housing 1), I insert two springs N having oppo site ends confined within annular flanges it lar flanges n on followers N O O designate combined follower abutments and sill retainers which havetheir opposite ends notched, as at 0, toiit over the lower flanges of the sills and to bring the intermediate portions inner lower flanges of said sills. abutments are located verse walls (Z and d and beneath the rear extremity 'of the solid portion d ofthe I); the intermediate abutment O being hollow and provided on its ,front and rear sides with elon- These gated openings 0 which receive the ends 0 of follower supports 0 formed integral with the front and rear. abutinents, as

best shown in Figs. land 21. Between the rear and intermediate abutments and the walls d and 623, respectively, and between the front abutment and the rear end of the solid portion 41 of the housing I), lock-keys .0 are located which extend through open-' ings 0 in the sills Al The abutments and keys 0* are locked together by-means of clips 0 that surround theends of the abutments and keys, said clips being passed through openings 0" in the lower outer sills. In order to remove the abutinents, the lock-keys 0* can be removed with the clips.'- When applying the abut-ments, it is simplynecessary tovslip the clips over the ends of the abut- 1nent s,.force the clips 0- through theopenings 0 in the flanges of the sills, and insert the lock-keys 0* through the openings 0 in. the sills and through the clips held in posi-- 'tlziion-i'for .thepurpose of receiving the lockeys.

lock-keys all act in conjunction with the abutments to check the movement of the spring-followers, and the connections thereof between the I beneath the trans are forced'from their seats until after which the abutments 1 flanges of the causing butler of the abvlments by means of the followersupports 0-", am to tie them together and prevent forward and rearward deflection of the same under the thrust and drawing strain to which they are subjected. The spring-followers also bear against -abutments I that are located above the transverse walls 1 and d and above the rear end of the solid portion (Z of the housing D; said abut-ments being in the form of bars that are disposed transversely and are heldin openings 7) in the side-sills, see Fig. 18. I have provided straps p and bent'the same to form pockets 71 in which the. ends of the abutments are held; said straps are secured to the underside of the upper outer flanges of the sills. Thesestrapsv serve to relieve the sills of strain and prevent wearing at the ends of t e open-- lugs 72. 1

Q represents a plunger which is guided between the inner flanges of the sills and hes rs against the rear transverse wall of the draw-barand spring-housing D and against the abntincnts P located above and below said rear wall, respectively. Said plunger is in the form of a yoke having an open center through which may be passed the king-bolt of a truck beneath. When the various parts are in normal condition, or when the housing I) is drawn forward, the plunger bears against the abutments l asso ciated with the rear transverse wall of said housing; but when the housin is thrust rearward, it moves between said abutments and forces the plunger rearward; the latter springs R ,tobe compressed. Said last-mentioned springs herein shown as four in number, are confined between followers R R, which are normally in contact with the rear end of the plunger Q. and with abutments 1-, respectively; said abutments beingv also in the. form of bars disposed transversely and passed through openings r in the sills. Between the springs R, a divider R is located; it havingfour .coLc-aved sides against which the springs R bear: Said divider is preferably hollow and provided with elongated openings 7* with a view of reducing its wcight.

S designates a follower bearing against the rear sides of the: abutments 1* whereby its forward movement is limited and it has forwardly extending stems s which extend into the side springs It, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. Said stems are adapted to 1QCGl\Q' the thrust of the plunger Q after the springs R are compressed to a certain extent. Follower S has an annular flange S which forms a pocket on its rear side in which the frontendof a still buffer-spring S is held; the rear end of said spring being confined in a pocket It formed on the front side of an abutment T helt between the flanges ot' the sills A and bearing against stopt flates U riveted to said sills on the inner sides thereof.

underneath the butter springs R is a spring-retainer V in the form of a bar having av depressed intermediate portion 1; and its ends passed through openings o in the sills A, best shown in Fig. 9. support V is located underneath the. bufi'erspring S the ends thereof being passed through openings 20 in the supplemental sills.

From t he'foregoing description'it is apparent that the springs con-fined'within the housing ward and inward movement of said 'housing, and that the s rings -R are merely com pressed on the slightest inward movement of the housing D, but always in proportion to said movemenh' while vthe-spring S is designed to takeup severe shocks only and is not placed int'oaction until after. the springs Rare coin'pre'ssed'to a certain extent.

It is to be understood thatthe arrangement herein shown and described may be modified in many ways without departing from my invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, andthat any -.part'or parts of the appliance maybe omitted and the remaining parts used in operative asso- -c1at1on or in connection withother parts.

Having thus'desoribed my inyention', what I claim is,.' r

1. In a draft-appliance for railway-cars, the combination with sills, housing in which saiddraw-bar is pivotally secured and springs to receive the thrust and tensile strain to which the draw-bar is subjected, of detachable means whereby the draw-bar may be removed from said housing without disturbing parts associated therewith.

2. In combination in a draft-rigging for railway-cars, longitudinal sills, a housing slidable between said sills, springs within said housing, a held in said housing, a said pocket, and detachable means for re tain'ing said draw-bar pocket Within the housing whereby said pocket and the drawbar maybe removed without disturbing other associated parts. i

3. Tu a draft-appliance, the. combination slidable hetween'said sills, springs associated with said housing, a draw-bar pocket entirelv within said housing and removable therefrom, and a draw-bar renmvably held in said pocket.

4-. in a draft-appliance for railway-cars, the combination with two sills. oi. a housing between said sills ha Clllg' an open outer end and its side walls converging to form a substantially V-shaped pocket. said. pocketbeing provided at its inner end with a partieylindrical reces a tirely within said V-shznu-dpocket and having a substantially cylindrical inner end fit- A follower- D are compressed by both thoout a draw-bar, a n

draw-bar pocket pivotally draw-bar secured to of longitudinally disposed sills, a'housing draw-bar pocket 011- and springs cooperating hanging the ting said V-shaped pocket, a draw-bar detachably secured to said draw-bar pocket, and springs cooperating with said housing. 5. In a draft appliance for railway-cars, the combination with two longitudinallydisposed sills, of a housing slidable between said sills and being open at the bottom, a supporting-plate detachably secured to thc bottom of said housing, a draw-bar pocket pivotally held within said housing and receiving support from said plate, a draw-bar secured to said pocket, and springs cooperating with said housing.

G. In a draft-appliance for railway-cars, the combination with two longitudinally disposed sills, ot a housing slidable between said sills and having a pocket in its, front end and a wall overhanging the. rear end of said pocket. said pocket being open at the bottom. a detachable supporting-plate closing the open bottom of said pocket, a drawbar pocket having pivot-trunnions entering coinciding openings in. said overhanging wall and said supporting-plate, respectively; a draw-bar secured in said draw-bar pocket, and springs. cooperating with said housing.

7 In a draft-appliance for railway-cars, the combination with two sills, of a housing slidable between said sills and having a pocket open at its bottom and two recesses at its underside, a bearing-plate closing the bottom of said pocket and provided with upstanding lugs fitting into said recesses, a draw-bar secured within said pocket, and springs cooperating with said housing.

8. In a draft-appliance for railway-cars, the combination with two sills, ofa housing slidable between said sills and having a pocket open at its bottom, a supporting-plate closing the bottom of said pocket and having a depression on its upperside, a draw-bar pocket in the pocket of said housing having an extension on its underside vfitting into the depressionof said supporting-plate, a draw-bar secured to said draw-bar pocket,

with said housing. 9. In a draft-appliance for railway-cars, the combination with two. sills, of a housing slidable between said sills and having a pocket open at the'bottom and a wall overrear end ob said pocket, said wall having a pivot-hole and a segmental slot, a supporting-plate closing the bottom I of said pocket and provided with a pivothole coinciding with the springs cooperating with pivot-hole in sea overhanging wall, a draw-bar pocket having pivot-trunnions fitting said'pivot-holes and a lug entering said segmental slot, a drawbar secured to said draw-bar pocket, and

said housing.

10. In a draft-appliance for railway-cars, the combination with two sills, of a' housing 'slidable ,between said sills and having a pocket open at the bottom, a supportingplate'closin'g said bottom and having a segthe combinationof ahousing of the housing, said bands, the portions of the housing surmental slot, a draw-bar pocket pivotally secured within the pocket. of said housing in rear of said segmental slot and having a lug fitting into said segmental slot, a draw-bar secured in said draw-bar pocket, and springs cooperating with said housing.

11. In a draft-appliance for raihMy-cars, the combination with a housing and springs cooperating with said housing, of a drawbar pocket secured within ,said housing and having coinciding openings-in-its sidewalls, a draw-bar Within said housing'having a shouldered rear end, and a key passing through said coinciding openings in said draw-bar pocketand bearing against .the shouldered rear end of said draw-bar.

12. In a draft-appliance for railway-cars. the combination of a housing, a draw-bar attached thereto, a hollow cross-bar at the front end of said housing having a longi-' tudinal slot, springs within said cross-bar, a yoke slidable on said cross-bar having a. depending arm extendinginto said slot and against Opposite sides of which the inner ends of saidsprings bear, a band at each end'of said cross-bar surroundiiig it and a portion of id housing, and keys passing through saidbands and said cross-bar I against which the outer ends of said springs bear.

13. In a draft-appliance for railway-cars.

having pockets at its outer end, adraw-bar attached to said housing, a cross-bar at the front end of said housing having lugs at ltS-BIKlSnWlllCll enter said pockets, 'a band at each end of said cross-bar surrounding it and a portion and keys passed through rounded thereby, and the lugs entering the pockets in' said housing, and having selfcontained retaining-means.

14. In a draft-appliance for railway-cars, the combination with two sills having outwardly directed flanges, the-flange of one of said sills being notched, of a draw-bar, a

spring cooperating with said drawbar, and

said bar througha retainer-bar connecting said sills and having its ends bent into the form of books to engage the flanges of said sills, one end'o't said retainer-bar being adapted to pass through the notch in one of said sills when applying said bar to or detaching it from said sills.

'15 In a draft-appliance for railway-cars. the combinationwith two sills, of a housing slidable between sai sills and having spring-pockets, a draw-bar secured to said' housing, followers in said pockets arranged in pairs, a spring between each pair of followers, and abutments connecting said sills against which said followers bear.

16. In a draft-appliance for railwa. v-cars the combination with two sills, of a housing slidable between said sills and comprising .portion and-said side-members, a solid portion connecting said side-members, a rear transverse wall and a transverse wall between said solid rear transverse wall, a draw-bar secured to said housing, followers arranged in pairs and normally held against said solid portion and said transverse walls,

a spring between each pair of followers, and

abutments arranged above and beneath said solid portion and said transverse walls and having their ends secured to said sills, said abutments cooperating with said followers to allow compression of said springs.

17. In a draft-appliance for railwaycars, the combination with two sills having alined openings and lateral flanges provided with slots, of a draw-bar, springs compressed by the action of said draw-bar, followers at opposite ends of each sprin abut-ments against which said followers bear, keys passing through the alined openings in the sills, and loops connecting corresponding ends of said abut-ments and keys and passing through the slots in the flanges of said sills.

18. In a draft-appliance for railway-cars,

, the combination with two sills having alined openings and flanges at their lower edges provided with between said sills and having spring pockets formed by transverse walls, a draw-bar secured to said housing, springs in the pockets the transverse walls of of said housing, followers at opposite ends of each spring, abutments above and beneath said housing against which said followers act, the abutments passing through ments beneath said walls being notched to I fit the lower flanged edges of said sills, keys openings in said sills,

deflection of the latter,

between said last--mentioned abutments and said transverse walls passing-through alined and loops fitting over the ends of said last-mentioned abut-ments and said keys and being passed through the slots in the flanges of said sills.

19. In a draft-appliance for railway-cars, the combination with two sills having alined lower edges, of a housing slidable between said sills and having pockets formed by transverse walls,

a draw-bar secured to said housin sprin s in the pockets of said housing, followers at onnosite ends of each spring, abutments above and beneath the transverse walls of said housing against which said followers bear, the abutments beneath said Walls be ing notched to fit the flanged lower edges of said sills to prevent inward and outward keys between said last-mentioned abutments and said transverse walls passing through the alined openings in said sills, and means for connecting slots, of a housing slidable said keys ments.

20.- In a draft-appliance for railway-cars, the combination with two sills having alined openings and flanges at their'lower edges, of a housing slidable between said sills and having pockets formed by transverse walls, a draw-bar secured to said housing, springs in the pockets of said housing, followers at opposite ends of each 'spring,'abutments beneath said transverse walls against which said followers act, means for connecting said abutments, and'means for detachably securing said abutments to the sills.

21. In a draft-appliance for railway-cars, the combination with two sills having alined openings and flanges at their lower edges, of a housing slidable between said sills and having pockets formed by transverse walls, a draw-bar secured to said housing. springs in the pockets of said housing, followers at opposite ends of each spring, abutments beneath said transverse walls against which said followers act, alternate abutments Inwing follower supports formed integrally therewith adaptedfor connection with the abutment between them, and means'for detachably connecting said abntments to the sills.

- 22. In a draft-appliance for railway-cars, the combination with two sills, of a drawbar, a plunger movable by the action of said drawbar, a spring placed in action by said plunger, an abutment for said spring, a follower having stems'passingthrough said abutment and adapted to be engaged by said plunger after the latter has been moved a certain distance, a secondabutment and a spring between said follower and said second abutment.

23. In a draftappliance forrailway-cars,

the combination" with two sills, of a housing slidable between-said sills; a'draw-bar secured. to said housing, springs within said housing placed in action to receive the tensile'and butting strain of saiddraw-bar, a plunger in rear of ated thereby, a spring in rear of saidplunger and placed inaction on movement of said plunger, a follower in rear of said last-mentioned springhaving stems adapted to be engaged after said last-mentioned spring is placed in action, and a spring in rear of said follower. i

In testimony whereof, I have atlixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses ELLA C. PLUECKHAHN,

EMIL N EUHART.

Washington, D. C.

with said last-mentioned abut-- said housing and actu-' RE? 2 E 3 the Ward housing; and that the sa con" act-ions therein that the Signed am sealed this 25 day of Ju E a E P f l B. Is

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